diff --git a/hook.sh b/hook.sh
index d98297835..7fac4a834 100755
--- a/hook.sh
+++ b/hook.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ echo "#!/bin/sh\n" > $FILE
 # Exit on any error
 echo "set -e" >> $FILE
 # Run release build
-echo "cargo build --release --features dev" >> $FILE
+echo "cargo build --features dev" >> $FILE
 # Build tests
 echo "cargo test --no-run --features dev \\" >> $FILE
 echo "	-p ethash -p ethcore-util -p ethcore -p ethsync -p ethcore-rpc -p parity -p ethminer -p ethcore-webapp" >> $FILE
diff --git a/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs b/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs
index 1744f9a9c..71083fb78 100644
--- a/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn push_handshake_struct(cx: &ExtCtxt, push: &mut FnMut(Annotatable)) {
 		pub struct BinHandshake {
 			api_version: String,
 			protocol_version: String,
-			_reserved: Vec<u8>,
+			reserved: Vec<u8>,
 		}
 	).unwrap();
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ fn strip_ptr(ty: &P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::Ty> {
 }
 
 fn has_ptr(ty: &P<ast::Ty>) -> bool {
-	if let ast::TyKind::Rptr(_, ref ptr_mut) = ty.node {
+	if let ast::TyKind::Rptr(_, ref _ptr_mut) = ty.node {
 		true
 	}
 	else { false }
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ fn push_client_implementation(
 			let payload = BinHandshake {
 				protocol_version: $item_ident::protocol_version().to_string(),
 				api_version: $item_ident::api_version().to_string(),
-				_reserved: vec![0u8; 64],
+				reserved: vec![0u8; 64],
 			};
 
 			let mut socket_ref = self.socket.borrow_mut();
diff --git a/ipc/codegen/src/typegen.rs b/ipc/codegen/src/typegen.rs
index e6e828ee7..1f4ef5b63 100644
--- a/ipc/codegen/src/typegen.rs
+++ b/ipc/codegen/src/typegen.rs
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ pub fn push_bin_box(
 
 	let serialize_impl = quote_item!(cx,
 		impl ::serde::ser::Serialize for $ident {
-			fn serialize<__S>(&self, _serializer: &mut __S) -> ::std::result::Result<(), __S::Error>
+			fn serialize<__S>(&self, serializer: &mut __S) -> ::std::result::Result<(), __S::Error>
 				where __S: ::serde::ser::Serializer
 			{
 				let &$ident(ref val) = self;
-				_serializer.serialize_bytes(val.as_slice())
+				serializer.serialize_bytes(val.as_slice())
 			}
 	 	}).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/json/src/spec/engine.rs b/json/src/spec/engine.rs
index 6b56d7b71..e5f5dc718 100644
--- a/json/src/spec/engine.rs
+++ b/json/src/spec/engine.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 //! Engine deserialization.
 
-use serde::{Deserializer, Error};
+use serde::Deserializer;
 use serde::de::Visitor;
 use spec::Ethash;
 
diff --git a/miner/src/transaction_queue.rs b/miner/src/transaction_queue.rs
index e9f2570e3..63b49f9f4 100644
--- a/miner/src/transaction_queue.rs
+++ b/miner/src/transaction_queue.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl TransactionSet {
 				by_hash.remove(&order.hash)
 					.expect("Hash found in `by_priorty` matches the one dropped; so it is included in `by_hash`");
 
-				let max = removed.get(&sender).map(|val| cmp::max(*val, nonce)).unwrap_or(nonce);
+				let max = removed.get(&sender).map_or(nonce, |val| cmp::max(*val, nonce));
 				removed.insert(sender, max);
 				removed
 			}))
diff --git a/parity/hypervisor/mod.rs b/parity/hypervisor/mod.rs
index bbc95b150..fbd807d94 100644
--- a/parity/hypervisor/mod.rs
+++ b/parity/hypervisor/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 // while not included in binary
 #![allow(dead_code)]
+#![cfg_attr(feature="dev", allow(used_underscore_binding))]
 
 pub mod service;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ pub struct Hypervisor {
 	processes: RwLock<HashMap<BinaryId, Child>>,
 }
 
+impl Default for Hypervisor {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		Hypervisor::new()
+	}
+}
+
 impl Hypervisor {
 	/// initializes the Hypervisor service with the open ipc socket for incoming clients
 	pub fn new() -> Hypervisor {
@@ -116,6 +123,7 @@ impl Hypervisor {
 	}
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	use super::*;
 	use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool,Ordering};
diff --git a/parity/main.rs b/parity/main.rs
index dff7ceaeb..b48017336 100644
--- a/parity/main.rs
+++ b/parity/main.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature="dev", feature(plugin))]
 #![cfg_attr(feature="dev", plugin(clippy))]
 #![cfg_attr(feature="dev", allow(useless_format))]
+
 extern crate docopt;
 extern crate num_cpus;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ fn setup_log(init: &Option<String>) -> Arc<RotatingLogger> {
 	}
 
 	let logs = Arc::new(RotatingLogger::new(levels));
-	let log2 = logs.clone();
+	let logger = logs.clone();
 	let format = move |record: &LogRecord| {
 		let timestamp = time::strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z", &time::now()).unwrap();
 		let format = if max_log_level() <= LogLevelFilter::Info {
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ fn setup_log(init: &Option<String>) -> Arc<RotatingLogger> {
 		} else {
 			format!("{}{}:{}: {}", timestamp, record.level(), record.target(), record.args())
 		};
-		log2.append(format.clone());
+		logger.append(format.clone());
 		format
     };
 	builder.format(format);
diff --git a/parity/upgrade.rs b/parity/upgrade.rs
index b74c17f64..30c977df4 100644
--- a/parity/upgrade.rs
+++ b/parity/upgrade.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use std::collections::*;
 use std::fs::{File, create_dir_all};
 use std::env;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature="dev", allow(enum_variant_names))]
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ fn with_locked_version<F>(db_path: Option<&str>, script: F) -> Result<usize, Err
 		let mut path = env::home_dir().expect("Applications should have a home dir");
 		path.push(".parity");
 		path
-	}, |s| ::std::path::PathBuf::from(s));
+	}, PathBuf::from);
 	try!(create_dir_all(&path).map_err(|_| Error::CannotCreateConfigPath));
 	path.push("ver.lock");
 
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/tests/ethcore.rs b/rpc/src/v1/tests/ethcore.rs
index 43a131bab..4544541dd 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/tests/ethcore.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/tests/ethcore.rs
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ fn rpc_ethcore_dev_logs_levels() {
 	assert_eq!(io.handle_request(request), Some(response.to_owned()));
 }
 
+#[test]
 fn rpc_ethcore_set_transactions_limit() {
 	let miner = miner_service();
 	let ethcore = EthcoreClient::new(&miner, logger()).to_delegate();
diff --git a/util/src/bytes.rs b/util/src/bytes.rs
index 3a7457575..7a7474668 100644
--- a/util/src/bytes.rs
+++ b/util/src/bytes.rs
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ fn populate_big_types() {
 
 #[test]
 fn raw_bytes_from_tuple() {
+	type Tup = (Vec<u16>, u16);
+
 	let tup = (vec![1u16, 1u16, 1u16, 1u16], 10u16);
 	let bytes = vec![
 		// map
@@ -507,8 +509,6 @@ fn raw_bytes_from_tuple() {
 		// 10u16
 		10u8, 0u8];
 
-	type Tup = (Vec<u16>, u16);
-
 	let tup_from = Tup::from_bytes(&bytes).unwrap();
 	assert_eq!(tup, tup_from);